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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-19
PAUPERS OF VENICE.
One Fourth Of the City's Population En-
gagged in Professional Begging

! Dne-FOurth OF the Clty's reputation Es0-
gagged in Professional Begging
Out of population of some 10000
there are 10000 paupers, more than
half of whom are inscribed on its roll
Of professional beggars! Venetian
beggars are not so well off, compare
lively speaking, as their brethren in
other Italian cities which [ have WIS.,
tied. I saw, for instance, in Bologna
medicants clad in very fine overcoats
against the biting breezes of Novem-
Der, squatting self-complacently under
the porticos of churches, or enjoying
their cigars on the pedestals of monu-
ments in the public squares Some
were like living excmplifications Of
that celebrated mountain we hear so
much of in Oriental history. Moham-
| med must 90 to them, for they will
not come to Mohammcd. In other
words, charitably disposed folk must
move over to those fellows in order to
give them copper or two; but they
benefactor. These beggars are the
'nobs' or''swells" of the confraternity.
Others will hunt you around now and
then in the churches, or through lanes
and streets outside; and if you tell any
Of them that you've got no change, the
invariable reply is: ''Oh, let not that
! prevent Signor from doing a good turn
we have got plenty of coppers about
| Is, you know!'
Here, however, in Venice the beggar
has very small pile, and seems to be
at the lowest rung of the ladder in The
profession he is following. The Vene-
tan lazzaroni swarm like locusts every
where you turn your steps to. Many OF
them are the humble servants of the
gondoliers, who pay them from three
to four soldi a day, EACH in order to
| look out for persons who desire a gon-
dola. When you land on the banks of
any canal you are Immediately helped
out of the bank by one of these poor
ragged fellows, who always expects
cent for his kindly attentions. The
women here are not by any means SO
pretty as their sisters throughout the
peninsula. They look very pale and
haggard, despite their proximity to the
sea; for they live "cribbed, cabined
and confined from one end of the year
to the other in those dismally pent-up
lanes and alleys which l have just re-
ferred to. Their costumes, moreover,
do not add any thing to whatever little
physical attractions they may possess.
Instead of wearing those tiny black or
white pieces of textured veil over their
heads--so frequently to be met with in
Lombardy - they throw over their
shoulders gray freckled shawls, which
are any thing but picturesque. Venice
Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-19
DIDN'T KNOW BAKER.

Bank Scene from Which the Reader
Can Draw Wholesome L sson.
Yesterday forenoon as two men who
had lived neighbor to each other on
High street for year and walked down
town together hundred times, met on
Griswold street, one of them re-
marked:
"Say, Green, drop into the bank with
me for minute. I want to be ident-
tied"
Certainly, certainly, replio Green,
and they entered the bank and walked
to the teller's window.
You identity this man as Baker, do
yon?"
"Baker? Baker? Yes, believe that
is his name
''Do you know it to be?"
"No-o, but I've heard it was. Hd
lives next door to me-"
"How much of family has he?'
"He's got wife, anyhow, and I see
some children around"
What does he do?''
Lets see. He's got an office of some
sort down town here, but I can't say
what he does"
"Will you positively identify him as
Baker?'
'Why-well-no, guess not, think
he is, but he may be Barker, or Bark
am, or he may not be the one I think I
know Excuse me, Mr.. Baker; I'd be
glad to obligc, you know, but [ don't
know you, you know" -Detroit Free
Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-19
IF OUR BELOVED DEAD.

They say If our beloved dead
Should seek the old familiar place,
Some stranger would be there instead,
And they would find no welcome face.
I can not tell how it might be
In other homes-but tn s I know:
Gould my los darling come to me,
That she would never find 1t so.
Outlines the flowers have come and gone,
Outlines the winter winds have blown,
The while her peaceful rest went on,
And have learned to live alone.
Have slowly learned from day to day
In all Gfe's task to bear my part;
But whether grave, or whether gay,
hide her memory in my heart.
Fond, faithful love has blest my way,
And friends are round me true and tried;
They have their place-but hers to-day
Is empty as the day she died.
How would spring with bated breath,
And JOY too deep for word or sign,
TO take my darling home from death,
And once again to call her mine!
dare not dream-the blissful dream,
1t fills my heart with wild unrest;
Where yonder cold white marbles CLEAN,
She Still must slumber-God knows best.
But this know, that those who say
Our best beloved would find no place,
Have never hungered every day
Through years and years-for one sweet
face.
Troy IN. ~ Times.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-19
Profits from Lecturing.

Greeley paid for Chappaqua by hi 8
lectures. Bayard Taylor cleared in the
same manner $500 in one season.
Tilton used to deliver fifty lectures in
season at $75 to $500. Josh Billings
had all the engagements he wanted at
800, and he left an estate of $75, 1850,
all made after he had passed forty.
Chaplin made $4,000 by his lectures,
and Emerson got rich in the same man.
ner. Anna Dickin son was at one time
worth $4,000 made in this manner,
but it was lost through misman-
agement. Mark Twain has made be-
tween $3.50 and $4,000 by his lee.
lures and twice as much by his books,
and he knows how to take care of it.
Beecher has received more money for
lectures than any other man ON the
platform record. He has been lee
turing for forty years, his fee having
increased from $50 to $500, and the ag-
gregate amount being estimated at a
quarter million. Most of this money,
however, has been sunk, and now in
his old age he is writing about fashions
in Sunday paper Troy IN. y Times.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-03-19

"A mixture of water and a little
common soda is said to possess rare
efficacy in cleansing old painted sur
faces for a repainting.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-28
DRIVEN OUT BY DROUGHT.
Desperate State of Affairs in Sections of
illinois.

Desperate State of Affairs in Sections of
illinois.
.GENEsEo, Ill, July 27.--The drought
continues In Henry county, the southern
portion suffering most for rain. Farmers
are sorely perpiexed to+know what to 60
with their stock. In Western township
mich lows have sold MS low as ST. per 100
pounds, and in other places young cattle
are being sold at unheard of low prices.
Those who are able are sending their
stock away to other counties and states
to have them pastured. e. NJ. Crane, of
CISCO, one of the heaviest cattle-raisers in
the state, has sent his large herd to Kan
sas to be fed and pastured until next sea-
son. His pastures, which have never
failed before, are as barren and bleak as
is usually the case in the dead of winter.
Water is also becoming very scarce, and
il rains do not come shortly stock must
suffer from this source. There has not
been a good soaking rain in the county
since the frost left the ground in the
spring. What rains have fallen have
been scattering, and only sufficient to
keep corn from being burnt up by the
sun. Thrashing has begun in earnest,
and with the exception of the crops raised
on the river bottoms the yield is very
light, being about one-fourth of a crop.
The hot weather this month has dam
aged the corn, and should another spell
follow without rains the crop will be a
short D 1t looks well now on low land.
The drought is the most serious known
in Henry county, and already farmers are
cutting up the green corn in places to
feed to their stock.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-28
AeaIars After RAILROADS.

LeMars sent q committee to Chicago
ast week week to confer with the mana
gers of the leading railroad lines In re-
terence to making that place on extern
sions that may be built in the near fn-
ture. 1t its report the committee says:
We first visited Manager Jeffries of
the Illinois Central railroad. Mr., JEFF
fries received us cordially, and while
stating that if certain conditions were
compiled with, the line from Cherokee
to Sioux Falls would be built. He as
sured us that our interests would be
looked after as soon as the necessary
preliminaries could be arranged.
Manager Hughitt of the Chicago and
Northwestern assured US that when his
company contemplated any extension
from Kingsley in this direction, that we
should be advised in due time and given
a chance to cooperate with them.
President Gable of the Rock Island,
was absent but his assistant requested
us to prepare q map showing the pro.
posed route that has been discussed and
foraard the same to President Gable for
his consideration,
We do not think the citizens OF LeMsrs
need to use any undue haste in these
matters. but merely be prepared to en-
brace the first favorable opportunity
offered.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-28
eome Of sparks, Rul,n.s

N ~. rEEr5a
Washington, July 2o-Secretary Lpr-
mar, by repeated deoihlona, is grsoua,ly
disposing OF the idea affirmed he Sna,,s
thu, oao,,,a uho tota ~ SpaAAs
W P1oNo lana
muse necessailiy oevose themselves to
aAlioaasaae lof : alylne. ns to-day de-
clueo 'nas althouRn 'ohh .. okohen,
alter Taxing up ,ana III section II, town,
SHY iAo.tanae oi Aberdeen lane district,
DaAota, sum te.aineu las iatelest il ID
store anu WoiAeu .hefe aaii5' At did not
nMec. n4s 600 lalen ~ nsk!hk t%heentEy.
Inc ques1len IL ho1 uia the ci.imaDa
carry on any otnef business thar aarl,
cuisuIes ou' fatneE qua he comply
Win .he p~ie-enptioh ia% as 10 inhabi-
.ahey anu Improvement 1ohn seems,
however, 70 nave ola ms cialn
snanty tne aay alter ne proved up toa
man VINO hatlea ~ On the clam. This
tabhes lmpuRneu we GOOD taith OF the
entfy sno tne secretary mas ordered a
leheaflng IN the case ana also directed
tne secretary 70 give okohen q chance to
make ne" proc! II ne desires to go back
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-28
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.

-Four men lost their lives by drowning
at Akron, Ohio.
The losses by the floods in the east will
aggregate millions OF dollars.
Mackey Sc Small, the suspended coffee
merchants Of New York, have settled
with their creditors at 10 cents on the
dollar, and will resume business.
Three Golfers were killed by an explo
sion OF fire-damp in the ill-fated mine at
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, where twenty
six men persisted in like manner in De-
cember, 1885.
Ex-Mayor Harrison of Chicago has do
mated 81, 800 to st. Vincent's Orphan
asylum, the money being a part of the
estate left by his late wife, all of which
he has determined to devote to charita
Bile objects.
The membership Of the Knights of
Labor is rapidly diminishing in Rhode
Island. A Pittsburg paper is authority
for the statement that elaborate plans
have been made to control the approach
ing general assembly in the interest of
the Powderly clique.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-28
THE POLITICAL FIGHT.
Blaine Boomers and Sher-
man Supporters In Ohio
Cant Agree.
Terrible Railrosd Aocident---sevsral
Killed and Wounded---Cleye-
land will Visit Kansas City.

LEHEHE EEt#
TOLEDO, Ohio. July 27.-The chief lis
such the republican convention here is the
question Of Sherman's endorsement AS
yet nothing is settled concerning the mat
ter. Three propositions are under discus
sion: n to fight the endorsement tooth
and nail, and another to to incorporate a
resolution eulogizing Sherman as o states
man and leader, but making no reference
to endorsement, and third, to recognize
him as asuitable and available candidate,
but not 0hio's candidate. The latter
proposition seems to find more favor in
the Blaine camp thar any other, but it is
not acceptable to the Sherman people.
A decidedly hot wave has reached this
city. and its likely all matters of the con
v%ent!on will be laid aside for another
day.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-28
Considering the Crimea Rt,,.

LONDON, July 27.--The SECOND and
third clauses Of the crimes bill were
adopted in commons. To the second
clause tho government accepted Mr.. Nor
ley's amendment making it compulsory
Instead of permissiye that the courts or
der for the revision OF rent shall relate to
rent payable by the tenant
Mr.. Parnen moved to eliminate clause
4, providing that written notices of eYic-
ton bs served.
An excited debate ensned, Mr.. Smith
firmly protesting against the amendment
and Mr.. Balfonr declaring that the GOV.
eminent would refuse, to postpone the
consideration OF the clause or to abandon
1t.
Ma, Dillon said ne regarded the clause
as one of the most deadly stabs ever
ssiTiad Mt Ireland.
Mr. Chamberlain reminded the Par.
n1slites that they were engaged In dis
~cnsssngg the most magnificent bill ever
made by any government to the tenants
of Ireland.
2I2.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-28
Marke ana Ryan Matehad.

SAN FRANcIscos July 27.-Jack Burke,
Paddy Ryan and their representatives
met at the Baldwin hotel and the follow
Ing articles of agreement were entered
into and signed: 1T is hereby agreed by
the undersigned, Jack Burke, Of Chicago,
aud Paddy Ryan, OF San Francisco, that
they box six ronnds, Q%ueensbury rnlss,
with the smallest gloves allowed by law,
the contest to take place in San Francisco
September 10, next, the referee to be
agreed upon the afternoon of the con-
test, the winner to take rs per cent of the
safe receipts and the loser 49," This
gives Ryan eight weeks to prepare him
self for the hght. He will go into inn
mediate training.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-28

Cue VII De made tlere between protec-
tienists and free traders, and the pretec-
tianists viii organize. They DO not in
tend TO let the tree traders gel control IN
the plea of party fealty."
ssNNill not the organization be decided,
rs usual, in caucus inquired the re
porter.
mo sir,'' was the reply. THE pro-
t%ectionist democrats intend to have some
voice in the matter
The reporter mentioned the threat of
the PENNSYLVANIA democrats. Its all
blow" be said. They Will not attempt
any collation.. Anyhow, it wouldn't be
a bad thing for all of them WHO belong
to the republicans whenever it comes to
voting on tariff to go over to them bag
aud baggage. Butsthey won't do it. y
Notwithstanding this positive statement,
it is certain Mr.. Randall will force terms
from the tariff reformers, and the to
bacco tolls will be repeated whether the
customs duties are cut down or not.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-28

thinking of it, and next day, which vas
foot-washing day at the little church, he
appeared there bearing a very solemn
look. He announced that he had a very
important message to deliver; that
Christ had commanded sinners to seek
and they should fad: that search should
be Instituted to the abandonment of every
other duty.
While he wal speaking the Governors
Horse Guards of Atlanta passed by on
their way to Camp Grady, in Douglas
county. The sight of armed men on
horseback, SO unexpected and never wit.
messed there before, had q thrilling effect
on the worshipers. Brown referred to it
as a divine manifestation, and urged his
hearers to seek at once and not to stop
until they had found the pearl of great
price. For ten days the members of that
congregation have left they plows idle
and no uses empty, walking around look
ing into hidden places for the treasure.
Efforts have been made by the farmers
who need the work of these people to get
them to return, but it is useless. They
declare that unless they find religion
they will be lost. and that the only way
to find it is to look for it without ceas-
ing.
The women are wilder than the men.
They go down in old wells and fish
around to see what is in the bottoms they
turn over stones and logs, look under
houses, and even during the long hours
Of the night strange figures carrying Ian
terms can he seen moving about in the
forest which fringes Chattahoochie,
looking for the unique object of their
| search.
Brown is looked upon as an oracle,
and every evening about shutdown
the superstitious people gather about
him and listen to his latest revelations.
Yesterday one of the white citizens
threatened to have Brown tried for lun-
acy, with the result of nearly losing his
life. The maddened worshipers de,
clared that he was an agent of the devil
who sought to destroy the prophets
faith. There appears to be no diminu
ton Of their zeal.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-28
WITH HIS AEiaHBoR,s WIFE.
An Elopias Pair Arrested at clevs,and
on q Friends Complaint

fN~ . Ga 90
on q Friend Complaint.
CLEVELAND, July pa young man
walked into the prosecutors Office and
asked for warrants for the arrest of a
man named James Gorham and a women
named Delacey Dewey for clipping. He
was told there was no law against elope-
ments in the state of Ohio. He then de-
cided TO make a charge of adultery
against the man and Asked foI
the facts In the case, he said:
81 am a friend of the Gorhams. They
live in Springfield, Mass. Gorham is an
engineer on the Boston 81 Albany rail-
road, aud has been married about 10 or
10 years. A carpenter named James
Dewey resides in the vicinity of Cor
HAMS residence, and he and Gorham are
old friends. Dewey is a married man
also, and the two families while they
have been close neighbars have visited
each other frequently, and have always
been upon the best of friendly terms.
Recently many rumors kaye reached
Mrs. Gorham to the effect that her hus-
band was unfaithful to her. and that he
was paying more than ordinary neigh
borly attentions to Mrs. Dewey, his
friends wife. These rumors have come
to her %oftener during the last month.
early on the morning of July 20 she
saw q buggy stop in front of Mrs. Dewey's
house, and a moment later her husband
was admitted by Mrs. Dewey. While
she was dressing herself Gorham and
Mrs. Dewey appeared on the sidewalk,
and both entered the buggy and drove
away. Mrs. Gorham rushed out into her
yard as the buggy passed the house. and
the couple evidently saw her, as the horse
was Immediately whipped up and the
buggy rapidly passed around a neighbor-
ing corner. Mrs. Gorham told me OF
the occurrence, and concluded an eiope-
ment was contemplated. I inquired at
the depot and was told that the runaway
man and woman had taken a train for
the west. Mrs. Gofham and / followed
on the next train. At Albany we learned
that her husband and the woman had
taken the New York Central railroad
west, and then we again lost track of
them, but Saturday night I discovered
that they had staid at a Niagara Falls
hotel Friday night. / came on to Cleve-
land, and after making a tour of the
hotels l found that they were quartered
at the American, 10. The name on
the blotter was signed y. Gorham and
wife, Westfeld. -
ADO noon Mrs. Gorhani n her sis
ter, Mrs. Colby, drove up to the Central
police station in a hack. They assembled
to the police clerks Office, where the war
rant was read to them, and Mrs.
Colby swore to the document. AT 1880 D..
IN. Sergt. Bradley and Patrolman Mol
Mem walked into the American house and
asked for Gorhanl. That individual was
walking toward the dining room at the
moment. and Mrs. Dewey arcomnapiad
him. The officers placed them under ar
rest and they were taken to the Central
station, where they gave their right
names. Both We're charged with adul-
Htery. They refused to make any ex-
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-28
MUST .HuaT UP CRIME.
The English Government Now Has 1t.
Hands Full.

The English Government Now Has 1t,
Hands Full.
LONDON, July 27.-Now that the gov.
ernment has armed itself with a. coercion
law for use in Ireland, prescribing pun
ishment for every offense hitherto known
and bringing into their category OF crime
many acts hitherto regarded as perfectly
Legitimate and proper, it is brought to a
standstill by the discovery that the num-
Der of persons who can be coerced, ever
by that sweeping act, is infinitely small,
Indeed the almost entire absence of crime
in Ireland at the present time is causing
q feeling OF wonderment among the Dub
lin castle and Downing street officials,
and has Set the WORTHLESS to asking each
other If it is not possible that the gov
eminent has been the victim of woeful
Misrepresentation In regard to the con.
dition of Ireland. However that may
be, 1t will not do for the government to
back down now, and crime must be
found in Ireland or the tory party must
go to the wall.
In this view the government has re-
vised the list of Irish magistrates, shelved
the old and inactive squires and APP
pointed vigorous young fellows in their
places with special instructions to see
that no violation of the crimes law is
permitted to go unpublished. These in
structions mean, of course, that they
shall nose out offenders against the
newly created structures of the ambigu-
GUS and elastic act and see to 1t that
every person arrested is found guilty.
After aIsthe merriment and exaspera-
tion the government has undergone in
the effort to pass the bill it is still more
exasperating to find that there is nobody
to coerce n no crime to punish 1t is not
now expected that the recommendation
OF the lord lieutenant of Ireland that
the National League be forthwith pro
! claimed and suppressed Will be acted
upon since it cannot be found that tliat
organization is engaged In acts that even
under the law especially enacted for the
purpose of destroying the league car be
construed into crimes, and the govern
ment will scarcely brave public opinion
to the extent of gratuitously crushing, or
attempting to destroy a body against
which no charge of fragrant violation of
law can be brought.
Whatever may be done in the enforce
ment of the act will be done quietly and
on a comparatively small scale for the
present at least. Mr.. John Morley viii
probably give notice within a very short
time Of the issuance of q liberal address
condemning the acts and policy OF the
government and the subject will in this
way be thoroughly ventilated. A fair
idea of the manner in which the govern
ment's proclamation of the Irish coun-
ties is received may be gathered from the
fact that when the placards announcing
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-28

season. The only tsoubIs is one is 40 ami,
to get at hoteip aud restaurant is only speh
vegetables as have lain IN the sun and
turned q ssh' lera green OF course
there Is risk in eating such food. BETH,
protect yourself as we'll as possible by
having slways within reach some Bean.
pRErH's Pills. A dose Of three to ten
according to your bulk, Will generally
act as a preventive against all diseases
arising from eating impare food.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-07-28
PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR.

not be learned, although there are good
reasons for believing that 1t occurred at
Granite, a small hamlet in Little Cotton
wood canyon, sixteen miles from this
city, and near the point where are located
church quarries, from which the granite
rock for the temple is obtained.
m1he cause. Of his death Is somewhat
doubtful, but it Ia generally believed TO
have been dropsy. He had bean suffer
ing severely for three or four months,
but his friends say he bore up under the
strain with great fortituds and perseyer-
ance, and, true to his nature, made a
hard tight before succumbing to the In
evitable.
He had four wives and q large number
OF children, most Of whom are identified
with the church.
The funeral services will be held next
Friday in the large tabernacle.